HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division 2 all-state first-team honors as an offensive and defensive lineman in 2011; earned all-state first-team honors on offense and second-team honors on defense as a junior ... captured Hampton Roads Daily Press all-Star honors in 2011... gained All-Old Dominion Football Conference first-team accolades as an offensive and defensive lineman as a senior; also captured All-ODFC honors as an offensive lineman as a junior ... led the 10-0 Seahorses to victory in the 2011 VISAA Division 2 state championship game, the school's first football state title ... paved the way for Christchurch running backs to total 407 rushing yards in the state title game ... served as team captain in 2011 ... played for his father, Ed Homer, at Christchurch ... nominated to play in the 2012 US Army All-American Bowl ... also served as team captain for the school's lacrosse team, sharing defensive MVP honors as a junior ... was a member of the National Honor Society... earned salutatorian honors at graduation.

PERSONAL: Winthrop John Homer, born Dec. 23, 1993... enrolled as a studio art major in the College of Arts & Sciences ... Win is the son of Jennifer and Ed Homer.